> China would stop bribes to the Argentina leadership
No need to inject unsubstantiable allegations in an otherwise sensible comment.
The power imbalance between a small country with long-standing financial issues and a history of inability in enforcing its complex borders, and a rising global superpower, is quite evident.
> South Korean, Spanish, and Taiwanese vessels conducted 26 percent of estimated fishing activity in the study with nearly 200 vessels. Almost “90 percent of the Spanish vessels that fished along Argentina’s national waters appeared to turn off their public tracking devices at least once, and Spanish vessels spent nearly twice as much time with AIS devices off as they did visibly fishing,” according to the report.
If power imbalance is the main issue here, surely something can be done about the other 1/3 at least?
In a quick read, I don't see anything in there that could be qualified as "bribe to the leadership". The Chinese finance a lot of countries to ingratiate themselves, but outright bribes to this or that person is another thing. It might well be happening, but stating it with certainty when there is no proof just comes off as a conspiracy theory.
>[Argentine journalist Roberto Maturana] says that in Argentina, these arrangements are facilitated by corrupt officials at the government sub-department of fishing, responsible for granting fishing licenses. ‘Often officials will issue an Argentine license to two different Chinese boats. So whilst one is in port, the other will be out fishing’.
In a world of continent-sized superpowers, any country with less than 100m people is objectively small; and Argentina definitely does not compensate for that with high per-capita GDP (they are not even in the top 50).
There's probably only three large countries in the world by your definition then: the USA, China, and Japan. (India, Brazil and Russia's economies are probably too small to meet your standard, all being smaller than the UK's or Germany's.)
No need to inject unsubstantiable allegations in an otherwise sensible comment.
The power imbalance between a small country with long-standing financial issues and a history of inability in enforcing its complex borders, and a rising global superpower, is quite evident.